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You can either download Real Player to play the ram file, or use any one of a number od other audio files- mp3 probably being the most common.
To see what file types Winamp will play, go to options>file types.

" I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north...I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. "-Isaiha 14:14-15

" I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north...I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. "-Isaiha 14:14-15

i could be wrong. I probably am. but that's ooakay, as bg music is evil anyways^_^

" I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north...I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. "-Isaiha 14:14-15

If you are going to include sound in your webpage and you are going to instruct it to start automatically you should clearly give the user the option to stop the music playing also.

Some people HATE!!!! when music starts playing on a webpage me included (mainly because the music has no emphises or relevance to the page that its on).

Secondly if you are developing a page so that music will always play your best bet is to use a .wav file, now hold on yes a .wav file is the largest type of file to contain music in (as far as I know) but it is almost certian to run on most users machines. And using another file type will most certianly require a user to have a particular plug-in to hear the music so if that is the case it is wise to provide a link to where they are \ would be able to aquire the needed plug-in.

tanx choi roi

tanx for that choi-roi, its working a treat.
but just wondering,instead of where u know there's a different tune
playing at a certain time of day,the user could have a choice of what midi files he/she wants to listen to.
do u know how to go about that.
if not,its ok

" I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north...I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. "-Isaiha 14:14-15

" I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north...I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. "-Isaiha 14:14-15

when i enter my webpage,i want music to play for a certain amount of time.
prob is i don't know how to go about doing this.

Let's hope no one tells you unless you are the only person who will ever visit your site. If you want anyone else to this is, in my opinion, simply an abusive practice.

What if I'm happily listenting to something I find sublime and moving and I go to your page and you interrupt it with some dreck? Or what if I'm in an office and you make me subject my fellow workiers to your particular choice of dreck?

Please, unless you are the only one who will ever visit your site, just don't do it.